2007 DL-650(I gave away in 2012 with 111,000 + miles)"A word grows to a thought; a thought to an idea; an idea to an act. All the pieces are put together, and the whole is yours."
1942, Beryl Markham: "West With the Night""You can talk about doing a thing until everyone finally talks you out of it, or you can actually do the thing"
James Baldwin "Across Islands and Oceans"

2007 DL-650(I gave away in 2012 with 111,000 + miles)"A word grows to a thought; a thought to an idea; an idea to an act. All the pieces are put together, and the whole is yours."
1942, Beryl Markham: "West With the Night""You can talk about doing a thing until everyone finally talks you out of it, or you can actually do the thing"
James Baldwin "Across Islands and Oceans"

I live in Gorham, just out side of Portland. You took a picture on my bike last spring when it was at Street Cycles for it's first service. You posted it here & asked who's bike it was, but by the time I noticed & answered it the thread was getting a little old.

Hey Barry....Great ride brother! I did my first on Thursday. (On the wee that is)

Rode to Belfast, then down to Rockland, over to Augusta, up to China, then Hampden and home. I did stop by F&F, signed up for the long distance thingy, under protest that no one can beat Barry! Serviced and washed the bike yesterday. I am leaving for SoPaRider's in Chambersburg on Thursday next week. Going to get an early jump on the Civil War History this year

Hope we can manage a ride or two also. Send me an email with your number because for the life of me, I can't find it in my address book.....I know I had it!

I am back home, and on my desktop computer. I have also eaten a nicely grilled steak, grilled potatoes, and steamed broccoli and mushrooms. I have even treated myself to a glass of merlot wine.........okay, two glasses of merlot wine. I also ate the new, State of Maine "approved" dessert; a "Whoppie Pie".

When the three of us woke up this morning, it was quite "frosty" outside!

The above images are very reminiscent of last November's photos!!! There was frost on my bike, and frost in the road, and I went down!

We wisely waited a bit for the sun to come up a little farther before we headed out to Lino's for breakfast.

A very special person has been very generous to me and has "donated" a VERY nice 15 megapixel camera to my "cause". Today was the first time that I was able to give the "beast" a workout. The rest of the photos in this thread come from this new camera. I have a lot of learning to do as to how to use it(!), and how to edit the huge data files. As to using it, I jumped right in with what I have taught myself with my old camera!

Here are a few shots of tmcgee just ahead of me and, Scud in front of him.

Front left to right: Black Lab, tmcgee, Scud

We ate breakfast this morning at "Lino's" in Sanbornville, NH.

I will post my route at a later date, (Roughly, Rt 117, Rt 133, Rt 156, Rt 140, Rt 43), through Western Maine, but what follows, in chronological order, are some random shots that I took with my new camera. Some of them are my usual "on the fly" shots from the bike. Some of them, I actually stopped, got off of my bike, and attempted to take a photograph. That's unheard of in the history of my trips!!!

Bald Eagle.

This area is a great place for working on your motorcycle. The sign lets you know that this is a "cow area". There are plenty of cow choices to choose from to lean your bike up against to say, install a centerstand.

My obligatory "over the shoulder" shot.

Getting close to home.

My obligatory, "trip end" shot of the ocean around Thompson Island as I come on to Mount Desert Island.

2007 DL-650(I gave away in 2012 with 111,000 + miles)"A word grows to a thought; a thought to an idea; an idea to an act. All the pieces are put together, and the whole is yours."
1942, Beryl Markham: "West With the Night""You can talk about doing a thing until everyone finally talks you out of it, or you can actually do the thing"
James Baldwin "Across Islands and Oceans"

2007 DL-650(I gave away in 2012 with 111,000 + miles)"A word grows to a thought; a thought to an idea; an idea to an act. All the pieces are put together, and the whole is yours."
1942, Beryl Markham: "West With the Night""You can talk about doing a thing until everyone finally talks you out of it, or you can actually do the thing"
James Baldwin "Across Islands and Oceans"

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